___________ was the father of scientific management?
Frederick Taylor
One of the elements essential to Frederick Taylor's approach to improving worker productivity was _________
rules of work
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth developed the principle of _______, which said that every job could be broken down into a series of elementary motions.
motion economy
A basic idea of ________ was to conduct time-motion studies to find the best way to perform each task, then teach people to use these methods.
Scientific management
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth thought that every job could be broken down into series of elementary motion that they called _________
therbligs
Weldon Taskman has just successfully negotiated a new long-term sales agreement with a major client. The personal satisfaction Weldon has about his efforts is his ________ reward.
intrinsic
Maureen's supervisor was so impressed by her work he that he named her the employee of the month. This praise from her supervisor is an example of an _____ reward
extrinsic
The ultimate resource of a firm is its ________
employees
___________ workers have a higher skill level than their current job requires.
Underemployment
In coming years, high technology growth areas such as computers, biotechnology, and robots are likely to experience a _________
Shortage of skilled labor
Which of the following statements best describes the current view of the role of human resources management within a firm?
Human resources management functions have become so important that in the many firms all managers now perform them
According to principles of scientific management, the best way to improve productivity is to_______
use time-motion studies to find the best method of doing each job, then teach those methods to employees
According to business observers, which of the following is a reason for labor's decline?
Labor's success in seeing issues it championed become law